With his FedExCup fate out of his hands, Justin Thomas flew dwelling to South Florida on Sunday and awaited the high consequence.
“There’s no want for me to sit down down right here and stress this out all afternoon,” he mentioned.
It became out to be a vivid decision — Thomas moved on to the Tour Championship by the slimmest of margins.
A 300 and sixty five days after he failed to qualify for the playoffs for the indispensable time in his occupation, Thomas used to be the excellent man into the arena for East Lake. On the least he doesn’t favor to detect some distance for a gorgeous omen — Keegan Bradley exact acquired the BMW Championship after being the 50th and excellent player in the arena.
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Bradley used to be one of four gamers who used to be exterior the high-30 quantity and ended up qualifying for the season finale, joining Adam Scott (No. 14), Tommy Fleetwood (No. 22) and Chris Kirk (No. 26).
Scott tied for 2d at Castle Pines, whereas Fleetwood and Kirk both carried out within the high 10 in the season’s penultimate tournament.
“I judge making it to East Lake is an improbable fulfillment,” Fleetwood mentioned, “and that’s somewhere that you purpose to be, and it’ll be an improbable stop to the PGA season, and I sit down up for playing subsequent week and in search of to rep the most out of it.”
Thomas had some gradual drama exact to nail down the excellent qualifying position, coming dwelling in 33 and sinking a 6-footer for par on his excellent hole of the day.
“I the truth is feel treasure I considerably did my segment,” he mentioned. “Now, with any luck it pans out.”
It did, barely, and now he’ll head north to Atlanta, the place he’ll originate up the Tour Championship 10 footage in the support of leader Scottie Scheffler.
In corresponding strikes, Brian Harman (No. 31), Jason Day (No. 33) Davis Thompson (No. 34) and Denny McCarthy (No. 35) all saw their seasons stop every week early.
As long-established, the flee for the high 30 — which lets in gamers to compete for a $100 million bonus pool subsequent week, as smartly as ensures access into at least three of the four majors subsequent 300 and sixty five days — triggered about a thrills and spills on the excellent day.
Harman double-bogeyed the excellent hole after making four gradual birdies to soar support within the lower line. Alex Noren used to be restful very with out problems within the amount when he made three straight bogeys to enact off a excellent-round 75. Jason Day negative his tell for East Lake with a triple bogey-double bogey stretch on Nos. 14 and 15 on Sunday.
“It used to be engaging. It used to be engaging,” Noren mentioned. “I didn’t hit the footage that I needed.”
